Meet the lenders interviewed

An introduction to the lenders interviewed in our "Mixed-use development: Through the lenders' looking glass" feature.

Orlena Iversen, vice president of Commercial
Lending at TCF National Bank Minnesota, works with financing for
inner-city and first-ring suburban mixed-use development projects.
Her area of expertise is small business and commercial real estate
lending for small-scale mixed-use projects located along established
commercial corridors in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Mark Johnson, senior vice president of Commercial Real
Estate Lending for Richfield Bank & Trust Co., participates in mid-sized
mixed-use development projects primarily through construction financing
and commercial real estate loans to developers. Richfield Bank and
Trust is headquartered in the city of Richfield, a developed first-ring
suburb of Minneapolis.

Andrew Swammi, commercial banking officer at the Minneapolis
Branch of Western Bank, typically works with small business owners
who require financing to purchase and renovate existing mixed-use
buildings located in Minneapolis and St. Paul.